Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1871 - Matching Serial L 79569 German Gun Magazines This wonderful early WWII Dress

This wonderful early WWII Dress White jacket belonged to a Major in the US Army’s Philippine Division

all paratrooper helmets were produced by Eisenhuttenwerke of Thale

The FAB-500 was largely employed over Afghanistan by Soviet and allied Afghan forces during the 1980s

The leather of the grips still shows the original checkering

Original French Fusil Modèle 1866 Chassepot Needle Fire Rifle by St. Étienne dated 1871 - Matching Serial L 79569 German Gun Magazines This wonderful early WWII DressOriginal Item: Only One Available. Despite the fact that the French needle fire Chassepot rifle was far superior to the needle fire Prussian Dreyse rifle, the French took a swift and decisive beating in the war of 1870 71. In fairness to the French, the defeat was due to Napoleon III's foolhardiness in allowing himself to get captured at the Battle of Sedan and the show was then over. The Chassepot rifle of 1866 was a single shot bolt action rifle and